To me this parallels the slavery debate. I think we can all agree today that the debate over slavery was ultimately about the rights of all people regardless of skin color, and that to think of slavery only in terms of the rights of the slave-holder would be ridiculous. But that is the equivalent of how the abortion debate is being covered. To illustrate my point, I'll take an excerpt from a BBC article today:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59495210In Wednesday's hearing into the case, conservative justices hinted that a majority backed upholding the law. A ruling, expected in June, may see millions of women lose abortion access. Anti-abortion activists are urging the court to "protect unborn children", but experts warn of an increase in maternal mortality if abortion is restricted. Both sides of the debate regard this case, known as Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization, as an all-or-nothing fight over abortion rights.
Now imagine that exact bias being used to report on the slavery debate back in the day:
In Wednesday's hearing into the case, conservative justices hinted that a majority backed limiting slavery. A ruling, expected in June, may see millions of slave-holders lose their access to slaves. Anti-slavery activists are urging the court to "protect slave-holders", but experts warn of an increase in slave-holder suicides if slavery is restricted. Both sides of the debate regard this case as an all-or-nothing fight over slavery rights.
To me, I feel like the views of many on unborn children are stuck in the 1700s and early 1800s. For as progressive of a society as we are - rights for all and quality for all - I find abortion to be an odd exception to this.